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How popular is the name Kayan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kayans are alive today.
Kayan (male) is an uncommon spelling of the boys' name Kyan in England and Wales, ranked 914th in 2025 with 34 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2024, when 45 babies were given the name, the 757th most popular that year. Numbers have been rising in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Kyan you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Kyans born in England and Wales are between 8 and 18, and there are at least 2,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Kyan - on average, only one in every 132 such rooms contains a Kyan.
How many babies are named Kayan each year?
Includes all spellings: Kayan, Kion, Kyan. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Kayan spelling rank?
Where does the Kion spelling rank?
Where does the Kyan spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Kayan most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Kyan, peaked in 2012, when 133 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Kayan spelling itself peaked in 2024, with 45 babies.
How many people are called Kayan?
At least 2,300 people named Kayan in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kayan?
Most living Kayans are between 8 and 18; the most common age is about 15.
Is Kayan becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.